Women's Bantabaa aspiration is always to tell a story that has never been told and bring a story to public that are always waving the flag of freedom yet standby silently with the concerning situation of the people, their narratives, their perspectives, their understanding of the world around them, without feeling that they are constantly defending their religious and cultural identity.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

GAMCOTRAP Officials’ Theft Case Adjourned

Amie Bojang

The theft trial involving two senior officials of Gamcotrap, women’s rights NGO has been adjourned till July 15.
Dr. Isatou Touray, executive director and Amie Bojang Sissoho, programme coordinator of GAMCOTRAP couldn’t put up defence yesterday at the Banjul Magistrate’s Court as the lead defense counsel, Amie Bensouda was not available.
She was reportedly engaged in a different matter at a higher court.
“The lead defense counsel who has prepared the defence is unavailable,” lawyer Lamin Mboge, a member of the defense team informed the court.
He said the senior counsel wants to lead the accused persons in their defence and urged the court to adjourn the case.
The two prominent gender and human rights defenders are accused of stealing €30, 000.00 provided to them by YALOCAMBA SOLIDARIDAD, a Spain-based NGO, but denied any wrong doing.
Eight state witnesses had testified in the trial, but the defense team had argued that their testimonies did not in any way link the accused persons to the said crime.
However, the defense’s request for the court to quash the allegations was dismissed by Magistrate Alagbe, who insisted that the duo have a case to answer.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Followers

Follow by Email

About Me

Binta A Bah is a young Gambian journalists/blogger who is excited, on the sustainability reporting front which she took as massive a headway as a career. She is the publisher of women’s Bantabaa, an online blog which focuses on human rights, particularly women’s right, press freedom and freedom of expression. She started the journalism trade with The Daily News in 2009 while pursuing a one year certificate course in journalism at Insight Training Center. She hold a diploma in journalism. At The Daily News, she rose through the ranks to become a senior judicial affairs correspondent. She has a vast experience of covering high profile cases including treason trials. She run the ‘Musoolula Bantabaa’ on the Daily News, a weekly column that focuses on women’s affairs. In 2011, she was awarded The Daily News Journalist of the year. She now works with the Standard Newspaper as an associate editor following the closure of The Daily News by state authorities.